Double-sided cuff for men&#39;s shirts, blouses, and the like



July 10, 1928. 1,676,397

J. LANZ DOUBLE SIDED our? FOR mm's snmws, BLOUSES, AND Tan LIKE Filed Nov. 1, 1926 Patented July 10, 21928.

UNITED STATES PATENT-o 1 mm JOSE}? LANZ, or MENDRISIO, SWITZERLAND.-

DOUBLE-SIDED CUFF FOR MENS SHIRTS, IBLOUSES,'A1\TD THE LIKE.

Application filed November 1, 1926, Serial No. 145,597, and in Switzerland October-1,1926.

This invention relates to a double-sided cuff or wrist band for mens shirts, smock frocks, blouses and the like.

The novel feature resides in the fact that the strip of material permanently sewn by its two longitudinal edges to the shirt sleeve and forming the cuff or wrist band is folded into four or more adjacent layers at the part projecting beyond the shirt sleeve, and that these layers are connected with one another at about the middle of their breadth by a seam serving as a folding crease or hinge line for the As compared with known double-sided cuffs the present one has the advantagesthat' incorrect ironing of the cuff is precluded,

that the button holes always take up'the' correct positions, that the lining does not 1 "become visible, and that in one of the folded positions the cuff is. equally thick in the rear and the front halves. One, form of the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, wherein V Figure 1 is an elevation of the cuff,and Figure 2 a cross. section on the line a:w in Figure l, in one folded position; while Figure 3 is an elevation and Figure 4a cross section of the same on .the line y-y in Figure 3 in the other folded position.

, 1 denotes the sleeve of a mans shirt or of a smock frock, blouse or the like, and 2 the cuff formed by a strip of material,

7 the longitudinal edges of which are'securely sewn to the sleeve by a seam 3. The part of the cuff extending beyond the sleeve is folded into four adjacent layers, which are sewn together by a seam 4 arranged approximately in the centre of the breadth of the cuff and serving as a hinge line or axis of folding for the upper and lower'halves of the cuff. At each end of the cuff are arranged two button holes 5, 6, in such a way that in one folded position of the'c'uff (Figures 1 and 2) they register with one another underneath the seam 4:,while in upper and lower I by the seam 4.,

the other folded position (Figures 3 andf 4) the buttonhole 6 lies above the seam' 4.

Figures 1 and 2'show the cuff in one folded position, in which the cuff is of the same thickness in the rear half as in the front half. Figures 3 and 4; sliowthe cuff underneath the seam 4; in the second posi tlon the 'buttonhole6 is locatedabove the seam 4. I

In Flgures 2 and 4 the layers of material from one another, for the sake of clearness; 1n reality they lie close to 10116 anotherI Incorrect ironing of the cuff is precluded,

of the cuff- 2 are drawn-somewhat too far thereby ensuring the shirt or the like being in proper conditionfor use. The lining is nvisible, because the seam tholds the lay ers ofvmaterial together. The buttonholes always sit in the correct position.

The strip of material forming the cuff may alternately be folded into'six or more layers, according to the thickness of the materiahall the layers being sewn together lVhat 'I claim is j 1 Double-sided reversible soft cuff, including a strip of material attached by its lon-' gitudinal edges to a shirt sleeve andfolded into four equal layers stitched together at the center of their width by a seam constitutingthe folding line forrthe reversible parts of the cuff, said cuff having at each lateral end two button holes near saidseam,

the button holes at the same ends ofthe cufi being adapted in one position of the cuffto register one with the other on one '3 side of said seam,thesame button holes being positioned one above the other at different sides of the seam when the cuff occupies another position.

In-te'stimony whereof I have aflixed my signature. I

r JosEF LANZ. 

